Wednesday, February 18, 2009

In addition to the shows this fashion week are the less-flashy but equally important presentations. Every one's doing it, after all, what with this recession. Akimbo has taken in a couple this week. First up for us was PatrikRzepski, whose moody presentation looked great; it featured black gowns and gauzy overlays in a church setting. He stuck with thigh-high boots and purely melancholy looks. Check out other pics from this fashionista femme.Later on at Ideeen -- we missed Donna Karan because her show, nearby in the WV, started on time (!) -- Akimbo knotted up our botoxed (kidding) foreheads at the tie-dye denims and mohair trimming. Odd, and biker chic has been done better obviously, but the Japanese brand had some great footwear. And hopefully they know how to throw a party:

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All the (armed and akimbo) Single Ladies...

DollyFrom the wreckage of Lady Parton's forgotten hairsprayed wigs rose the petit and honey blond Dolly, anatomically male but emotionally an enlightened gay fashionista. A product of overzealous heteronormative familial units, Dolly flighted from rural America in a denim DKNY jacket (currently on view at the Met), moved to the West Village, and now canters daily to the AnA loft in ornate heels and Balmain. In between snacks of tap water and the occasional stick of gum, this yoga devotee (because Christy said so) ponders fashion history, personal styles of the rich and fabulous, trends in fashion editorials, and of course whatever shiny things catch her eye.

Ms.RossWhilst sabotaging the careers of any pretenders to her throne of super-cunty divadom, Ms. Ross managed to pick up an American Vogue (this was ages before it's disappointing homogenization, natch) and was inspired by the colorful and intoxicating images therein. Before you can say "I'm Coming Out," Ms. Ross secured an internship in the hallowed, cashmere walls of the mag and her career in fashion began in earnest. Now a self-styled fashionista, Ms. Ross can be found stomping down the runways of Paris and Milan, throwing tantrums for the hell of it and vomiting up lunch in the trendiest of restaurant bathrooms.Ms.StreisandA young Jewish ingenue from deep, deep, deep Brooklyn, Ms. Streisand boarded a blue tugboat clad only in an orange dress, fur hat with matching muff and booked it straight for Manhattan, where she lived the first six months fresh and free at Isaac Mizrahi's Garment District studio. Finding work as a fit, showroom, and presentation model beneath her, this lady of naught but seventeen years traded in her four-inch stilettos for the bright lights of Broadway and the broad shoulders of at least three wealthy financiers, all of whom have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Despite protests from fans, Ms. Streisand is currently pondering moving to New Jersey to participate in the Real Housewives series.

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